Christian Horner blames Dietrich Mateschitz’s death for the “painful” end of his F1 reign

More than a year after his abrupt and highly controversial exit from the Red Bull Racing pitwall in July 2025, former team principal Christian Horner is finally shedding light on the exact circumstances surrounding his dismissal. In an interview with The Guardian, the 52-year-old executive stripped away the paddock rumours and placed the blame for his exit squarely on a massive corporate power shift following the passing of Red Bull's billionaire founder, Dietrich Mateschitz, in late 2022.